Map - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mæp|  American pronunciation of the word map
Brit.  |mæp|  British pronunciation of the word map

noun

- a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) (syn: function, mapping)

verb

- make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
map the surface of Venus
- explore or survey for the purpose of making a map
We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist
- locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
map the genes
- plan, delineate, or arrange in detail (syn: map out)
map one's future
- depict as if on a map
sorrow was mapped on the mother's face
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) (syn: represent)

Extra examples

“Can you find where we are on the map?” “Sorry: I'm no good at reading maps.”

“How do I get to the station?” “Here, let me draw you a map.”

The coastline was mapped by early explorers.

With a map like that she could really go somewhere.

Sorrow was mapped on her face.

According to the map we should turn left.

I'll draw a map of where we live.

I'm just trying to find Vancouver on the map.

Do you know how to read a map (=understand the information it gives)?

He spent the next fifteen years mapping the Isle of Anglesey.

The points at which stress and anxiety emerge can be mapped.

We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist

Phrasal verbs

map out  — plan, delineate, or arrange in detail

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: map
he/she/it: maps
present participle: mapping
past tense: mapped
past participle: mapped
noun
singular: map
plural: maps
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